Now, just a little to the left…oh yeah, that’s the spot
Mar 23, 2008 2008 Season, Awesomeness, Broken Record, Dancing With the 'Tards, McTard
Pancakes, my new enemy #1, has posted a somewhat professional article saying the Texans have signed Quinn Gray to back up…well, he ain’t gonna be the #3 QB, I tell you what.
I don’t have a ton of time to go deep with this, but here are the quick hits:
1. Kubiak doesn’t carry a 3rd QB on the active roster.
2. Quinn did not sign to be on the practice squad.
3. As has been mentioned by me previously (too lazy to link, so see the next link), Rosie Rosenfels is on the block.
I think it’s just a matter of time before we see some dominoes start to fall, though I don’t know if it’ll look like my heavenly nirvana (the attendance of virgins may vary). I can say that I am excited about the possibilities, but I’m also not wearing any pants.
Let me end by reminding everyone who reads this blog that Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie is personally responsible for every tax rate hike over the last 50 years.
PS: Chron? Suck. On. This. If it wasn’t personal before, it’s personal now.
Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines. Raphael is cool but rude–gimme a break!–and Michelangelo is a party dude!
Dec 30, 2007 Dancing With the 'Tards, Houston Chronicle, Inanity, McTard, Richard Justice is a talentless hack.
Created during a typically disjointed conversation with Liston (and cemented by the most recent article), we here at DGDB&D are pleased to announce:
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The DGDB&D “Design A Richard Justice T-Shirt” Contest!!
Allow me to explain.
As we all know, Richard Justice is a knob-gobbler and a talentless hack who has absolutely no business as a sports writer for a major metropolitan newspaper. Hell, he has no business as a sports writer in a paper of any size if you buy into the idea that the media is supposed to report and appear to be unbiased. Whatever.
But, rather than continue to bitch about him, I want you, the reader, to design a t-shirt along the same lines as the photo essay. By which I mean come up with something visual that represents just how awful Richard Justice truly is. The winner not only gets their t-shirt for free, but will also have his or her t-shirt sent to Richard Justice himself.
Rules:
- 1. All submissions are due by February 1. They will be posted on this blog as they come in, however.
- 2. They must be some sort of visual humor. Writing “Richard Justice touches babies” won’t work; having a picture of him ass-grabbing a toddler would.
- 3. I need the submission in .jpg or .gif form if possible.
- 4. Winner will be picked by popular vote and will be named on March 1.
- 5. Be funny.
That’s it.
For inspiration and to study up on the suckiness that is Lil’ Dickie, see:
Photo Essay On Richard Justice, by Matt
Chronic 2007, or “Dedicated To All Of Those With Big Egos”
Or pretty much anything he’s written about the Texans
Dancing With the ‘Tards
Nov 28, 2007 Curious Coaching, Dan The Assassin, Dancing With the 'Tards, DeMeco Ryans, Dunta Robinson, Houston Chronicle, I really dig my readers, McTard, Morlon Greenwood, Secondary issues are primary, The Fred, Von, Weak-ass arguments
It wasn’t all that long ago–four days, actually–that I said, “[a]s of now, unless one of the stories over there mentions me or this blog by name, I will not comment on or link to anything written by paid employees of the Houston Chronicle.” I meant it. However, I realized today that I needed to expand the exception slightly. We all know they are never going to link to me or BRB–we are beneath them, of course. So, I am expanding the exception to read “as of now, unless one of the stories over there mentions me or this blog by name, or is clearly referencing/replying to something I wrote, I will not comment on or link to anything written by paid employees of the Houston Chronicle.”
Which brings me to my actual post. It seems that John McClain’s latest missive attempts to answer the questions “why don’t we blitz” and, tangentially, “why Richard Smith is not a horrid coach.” Hmm. Interesting approach, General. Whatever made you think to approach that issue as answering a question? Because, correct me if I am wrong, but your article kind of reads like an attempt to respond to “how does a person who ignores the basic fundamental tenets of defense–things like ‘increasing QB pressure makes a shaky secondary better’ and ‘blitzing a linebacker will keep your pass-rushing DE from being routinely sodomized by two or three men’–seem less-capable at performing his job than any number of fans walking down the street?” by attacking the underlying assumptions about blitzing. But, then, you would never deign to read something as lowbrow and mindless as a–gasp!–blog written by a fan, would you? Of course not.
Just for a laugh and because I have nothing to do here at work, let’s examine your response a little more closely and see what, if anything, we can learn from it.
I’ve known defensive coordinator Richard Smith since he entered the NFL as an assistant under Jerry Glanville in 1988.
Congrats. I’m not really sure what that has to do with anything, but whatever.
If a psychiatrist put Smith on his couch and analyzed him, here’s what he would learn: Smith would blitz most of the time if he thought it would work. He’s a Glanville disciple. His nature is to attack, attack and attack some more.
He “would blitz more often if he thought it would work?” He hasn’t blitzed enough with this year’s team to have any idea whether it works. So, if he is just basing his decision on what he thinks of blitzing in general, I’m not sure you can call him aggressive.
So why doesn’t he do that with the Texans? Well, it’s simple. Blitzing for the sake of blitzing is bad coaching.
True, but blitzing for the sake of taking pressure of your young and/or below average secondary is good coaching. You should probably establish that we would be blitzing just for the sake of blitzing before you give your conclusory statements.
Fans who complain the Texans don’t blitz enough must not remember how many times it didn’t work or they got burned.
Ooooooooh, snap! You are talking about me, aren’t you, John? You showed me; after all, the lack of success of Texans teams in previous years certainly has a ton of bearing on whether this current unit would succeed. What’s that? Oh, I just received message from Captain Obvious that, no, it really doesn’t matter how previous Texans teams did. Interesting. You almost had me convinced, though.
Rushing more than four — usually one or two linebackers and sometimes a safety — is foolish if they don’t have the speed to pull it off.
John McClain, bringing the truisms today! Of course, the converse of that, that it is NOT foolish if they DO have the speed, is also true. And when I look at our LB corps, the one thing I see (especially out of DeMeco Ryans and Morlon Greenwood) is speed. Even Danny Clark is fast enough to blitz. You are making it sound like someone needs to run a 4.4 in order to be an effective pass rusher. Also, you conveniently overlook the possibility of working in some zone blitzes, which would allow us to create pressure through confusion while not leaving wide open holes underneath the secondary. In that scheme, the speed issue is negated somewhat (to the extent that it even exists) because you are still only sending four rushers. Now, of course we can’t solely run the zone blitz, but you can’t sit there and pretend that our linebackers are simply too slow and, thus, we have no options when it comes to pass rushing.
The coaches watch film of every game and practice over and over and over. They know what they get and don’t get with a four-man rush. They also know what they get and don’t get when they blitz.
It is good that they are watching game and practice tape. I’d be worried if they didn’t. But, saying they know what they get and don’t get when they blitz is nothing more than bit of sophistry. They don’t blitz enough to know what they get when they blitz. And, on the rare occasion that they do blitz, they have shown some success. DeMeco’s sack and a run stop for a loss against Atlanta came on a blitz. DeMeco’s sack, forced fumble, and first career TD against Tennessee came on a blitz. And, since you were the one who broached the subject of what past season’s blitzes have yielded, all 4 of Dunta’s career sacks came on blitzes. If anything, knowing what they get when they blitz should equate to “man, we’re having a little success when we mix that in.”
Right now, blitzing a safety could be disastrous. Rookie cornerback Fred Bennett has made three career starts. Veteran cornerback Von Hutchins has made three starts at his position. Leaving them in man coverage at this point in their careers is asking for trouble.
I don’t know why we would choose to blitz one of our safeties when we have ample speed/size/strength in the linebacking corps. Still, while your initial premise is fine, your reasoning is obtuse and idiotic. “Leaving them in man coverage…is asking for trouble?” Seriously? Well, then, why the hell do we keep leaving them in man coverage when we aren’t blitzing? It’s not like we are strictly playing zone; there is plenty of man coverage going on. Just look at the repeated immolation of Petey Faggins, especially in the Atlanta game. Most of that has been in man situations. So, I ask you, which is better–to leave them in man coverage for 2.5-3.5 seconds during a blitz or for 3.5-5 seconds without the blitz?
Think about this: Cleveland quarterback Derek Anderson’s strength is throwing down the field. The Texans determined that rushing four and dropping seven, forcing Anderson to throw underneath the coverage, made more sense than blitzing and leaving their defensive backs in man coverage against tight end Kellen Winslow and receiver Braylon Edwards.
What the hell? You did watch that game, right? Winslow had 10 catches for 107 yards and a TD. THAT is your proof that the existing plan is somehow better than forcing the QB to make throws more quickly? And, besides, like I keep screaming about, a zone blitz would not necessitate much of a deviation from the zone coverage that you seem to think is working wonders.
The Texans’ defense played well enough to beat Cleveland. All three Browns touchdowns came after mistakes — two interceptions and a missed field goal.
OK. So, aside from when they messed up, they played well enough to win. Fair enough. But what does that have to do with whether they should also have been blitzing? Nothing. You are simply trying to confuse the issue here. “They played well enough to win” does not equal “there is no need to blitz because this system works just fine.” Some of your sycophant cabana boys might buy into this sort of “logic,” but I don’t. Nor does anyone with half a brain.
Now, if the Texans are going to blitz and leave their corners in man coverage, it makes sense to do it against the Titans because they don’t have receivers like Cleveland’s, right? Oops! They did that in the first game against Tennessee, and Roydell Williams caught a 46-yard pass against Dunta Robinson to set up the winning field goal.
First, I was at that game and saw the play with my own eyes. There was a safety in the area who, for whatever reason, did not roll over the top and help Dunta. This is not pure man coverage you are talking about. Second, Dunta played that route as well as humanly possible, but simply missed when he stuck his hand up, so I am not clear on what this completion “proves” with respect to the blitz. Third, whether you are blitzing, rushing four, or rushing none, that route unfolds exactly the same way; it’s not like Morlon Greenwood covering in the flat would have changed the direction of that ball. Fourth, why do you keep trying to make it sound like the options are only “blitz with man coverage” and “don’t blitz with zone coverage?” Why do you ignore zone blitzing or even sending one linebacker and still playing a two-deep zone? Finally, stop pretending like we are not already leaving these guys in man coverage from time to time and consider whether those situations would be easier for the corners if they were covering for a shorter period of time.
You are making no sense here, John. If the problem is that the secondary is shaky (it is), then blitzing slightly more often is going to alleviate that problem somewhat. Note: no one is suggesting that we need to play like the Eagles and bring some kind of blitz on nearly every play. What we are suggesting is that Richard Smith’s approach to the game suggests that either he is too timid in his play-calling as a matter of course, that he is deathly afraid of getting yelled at if a play fails, or that he simply doesn’t see the flaws in his/your reasoning clearly enough to understand how to fix them. None of those scenarios is an acceptable answer, however. As Stephanie pointed out in her comment:
I cannot think of a single reason why the Texans should keep Richard Smith.
You know, I really try to be fair to people. But really, I can’t think of a reason to keep him. He wasn’t the Texans first choice, and if there are options out there to replace him, I’d like them to do it.
Here’s some additional reasons against:
1. He has no defensive philosophy other than “Don’t do the thing that sucked really bad in last weeks game.”
2. He has no record as a solo defensive coordinator before coming to the Texans.
3. He previously was the co-defensive coordinator of a 3-4. But only in name only because Saban really ran that defense and ran all the meetings.
4. Last year, he put pictures of rocks in the defensive players’ lockers to tell them that they are part of a rock. Yeah, that’s inspiring to the younger generation. Rocks don’t bring much of a pass rush either because well, they are rocks.
5. He’s a yell at the players guy. I don’t like yell at the players guy unless they are the best at what they do. If you yell all the time, and you don’t have the respect of the guys you are coaching because you’ve never accomplished anything, well then, you are just annoying.
6. If the players for the other offense call your defense “vanilla” before you have even played them (Winslow), it means they have no respect for it at all.
7. There is no 7.
8. I am thinking of burning an old 8 jersey as part of an anti-jinx against that number for a Texans QB.
9. It makes me physically ill to see 3rd and longs just wasted by the Texans defense. You know, “Great it’s 3rd and 8.” And then “@#$%, they just completed a pass for 24 yards.”
10. Did you have the thought when watching the Eagles play the Patriots the other night that Smith could have ten years with the Texans, and never bring the sort of stuff on D that the Eagles were doing to the Patriots? I get the same sort of training wheels feeling watching the Texans defense as I did when I watched Pendry’s offense in 2005. Very simple to avoid big mistakes. I know the Texans have a lot of injuries on defense, but it’s hard to watch.
Basically, why should ANYONE have confidence in what Smith is doing? There’s nothing in his background that should convince fans or the players that he knows what the hades he is doing and that it is going to get better.
Funny, John, it seems like everyone who is writing about this issue has a solid understanding of the little things, like “logic” and “reasoning” and “coherent arguments” and “basic tenets of football defense.” Maybe you should give that a shot.
I realize I am being flippant and kind of a jerk here. That is intentional, as it is the same approach John and the others like to take when they are forced to slum it and respond to people who disagree with them. The only difference here is that I also attempted to offer a counter-argument in between jabs at McClain.
(Ironically enough, in the comments to the post about blitzing, Will asked how long it would be before the Chron picked up on the idea and had a story about our lack of blitzing. Apparently, the answer is two days.)
An Open Letter (from bigfatdrunk) to John McClain
Nov 21, 2007 Dancing With the 'Tards, Houston Chronicle, McTard, Megan Manfull is retarded, Open Letters, Richard Justice is a talentless hack., Suck it bitchez
Ed. note: It’s no secret that I have an active dislike for the Houston Chronicle and, even more specifically, for the trite drivel spewed by most of their sportswriters. Lest ye think I am alone in my disdain, I present the following letter from BFD to John McClain, as first posted at BRB.
Dear Mr. McClain,
As I intimated recently, the Jurassic media, such as the Houston Comicle, jumped the shark many years ago. As if to prove my point with a flourish, you publish this absolute turd of an article.
Forgetting such basic math concepts such as prior performance is no guarantee of future performance or that as variables (aka players, coaches, your BAC) change, the outcome will change, I will again pound on a theme that has become blatantly obvious to any reader with an education level north of Richard Justice, or about the 4th grade.
You, Mr. McClain, hate the Texans. Whether it’s the unrequited love syndrome that so affects Justice due to his man-crush on Vince Young, or whether you seem to enjoy inflicting Solomon-esque pain, I am not quite sure. Perhaps, it’s a little of both? Or am I missing something?
Now, I’m sure your defense will be, “But I mentioned they are .500! Don’t you read? Or do you just read what you want to read?” To answer your questions, yes I read. And, yes, I read what I want to read. You, dear sir, do not fall into the “want to read” category. As for yet another back-handed compliment, we’ll just place that one in the Mario file.
If you are the General, you are the modern-day equivalent of Ambrose Burnside. And with a leader like you, who needs the bleach?
The overall lack of objectivity toward the Texans is incredibly reprehensible, but even when given the opportunity to play a bit of a hometown fan-boy, you showed your true colors. How could, and why should, anyone consider the Houston Chronicle sports section a reliable source of information when you and your cohorts have exhibited such unmitigated and non-negotiable hatred of the Houston Texans?
Your BFF,
XOXOXOXOX,
bigfatdrunk
PS: I’m sure you’ll take full credit for being incredibly right, all the time, once the bandwagon starts chugging.
Schizophrenia is a bitch
Oct 17, 2007 2006 Draft, 2006 Season, 2007 Season, Houston Chronicle, McTard, Reggie Bush, Super Mario, Teams that aren't the Texans, Vinsanity
Reader VincentRobert Vega points me in the direction of John McClain’s latest “column.” While I am all in favor of making up conversations in the name of humor (see here), McClain seems to be using the approach to make the same short-sighted, asinine, revisionist points about Mario Williams that he has been vomiting into cyberspace for 22 regular season games.
I was lying in bed Monday night, reading the Chronicle sports section and trying to watch a late edition of SportsCenter, when the spirit of Joel Buchsbaum visited me.
All this lede is missing is “Dear Penthouse Forum” and a reference to “throbbing member” and/or “dripping honeypot.”
Perhaps it was a dream, but it just seemed so real. I could swear I had a conversation with the late, great Buchsbaum about Mario Williams.
“Mario? You just scared the bejabbers out of me to talk about Mario Williams?”
Joel turned up his nose.
I like him, but I don’t love him.
Yeah, but do you LIKE HIM like him? Also, why am I not surprised that John McClain has imaginary conversations with people who agree with him about Mario?
I didn’t want to insult him, because Buchsbaum, as the NFL editor and draft guru for Pro Football Weekly, was the greatest personnel geek in the country.
He left a legacy that hasn’t been matched and probably never will be.
And yet, I am reasonably sure that he is rolling over in his grave right now. Good job.
“You’re being kind, Joel. Most Texans fan would evaluate his performance with the kind of colorful descriptions that would cause me to be fired if I tried to use them in the Chronicle. But I know you want me to ask: Why don’t you love Mario?”
Not true. Most fans who don’t understand football and the learning curve for defensive ends would describe him that way, but those fans are generally mouth-breathing retards. Fans with any sort of football IQ recognize how well Mario is playing right now. But I am getting ahead of myself.
Because he looks like Tarzan and hits like Jane.
“Wow, I’ve never heard that one. Is that the best you can do?”
Did you just make a stupid joke and then rip on your imagination in response to it? Sounds like someone ran out of lorazepam today.
I don’t like his mo-ta.
“His what?”
His mo-ta. You know, his mota doesn’t always run full speed.
Your hu-ma seems to be running a little below top end as well. Just a suggestion from an idiot blogger, but if you are going to use the fake conversation construct to make some sort of point, you might want to get near the point in the first half of the article.
Also, saying his “mo-ta” doesn’t run at full speed is dumb. Have you seen him play this year? Did you see him get a one-handed sack while being blocked? That looked to me like someone who absolutely did not give up on a play. Or how about teams running away from him, yet Mario frequently being in on the tackle or in the picture when the tackle is made on the other side of the field? No, he doesn’t go 100% on every play, but I don’t know too many defensive linemen who do, especially on running plays. Hell, look at Julius Peppers–he seems to be taking entire series off this year.
“Oh, now I get it. Well, that’s nothing new, either.”
Neither is anything you’ve said so far.
I mean, he’s got a Lamborghini body with a go-kart mo-ta. He reminds me of Mamula.
“Mike Mamula? Now that’s hitting below the belt, Joel. Mario is playing much better than in his rookie year, when he played hurt the second half of the season. He’s got three sacks. He’s played the run well at times. I admit he’s been inconsistent. With all due respect, Joel, even you have to admit he’s playing better this season.
Wait a second. Did you just defend Mario? I’m getting dizzy. Still, you seem to be ignoring the almost universal truth that the learning curve for defensive ends is generally three years. In fact, now that I think about it, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen you mention that. Ever. Though that’s probably just because you are pandering to the lapdogs who leave you “Grate articul, jeneral!” comments after everything you post. But I digress.
“If you want to see his motor run full speed, you just watch him Sunday, and — hey, I just thought of something: You didn’t appear to me because this is ‘You Know Who Week’ in Houston, did you?”
You know who?
Ah-ha! There we go. This entire column was a way for you to rehash the “Vince is great, he’s a winner, I want to kiss him on the mouth and possibly bear his children” spiel that you drop on us every couple months. Brilliant. Wait until the week of the game–quite possibly the most important game this franchise has played for a number of reasons–to stir the pot and get your least-common-denominator readers to whine about who we “shoulda” drafted. What a lame, chickenshit, yet utterly unsurprising move.
Here’s an idea–and, again, this is just a dipshit blogger talking–maybe you should spend this week talking about how well Mario has played and how poorly Reggie Bush has played. You know, considering that no one outside of UT fans who are also Texans fans were really considering Vince Young. This revisionist shit, where you talk about Vince being the “obvious” draft pick is irritating beyond belief. The ONLY decision (and the team has since admitted as much) was between Mario and Eric Metcalf, Jr. That’s it. Would Vince have made sense? From a marketing standpoint, definitely. But if we’d taken him and he wasn’t a “winna” with legs of gold and balls of brass, I’m reasonably sure that you and your cronies would be faulting us for not taking Reggie Bush.
Also, I find it humorous that you rehash the poor decision in taking Mario Williams, yet you yourself said it was a good pick right after the draft. Oh, yes you did, John. Houston’s Clear Thinkers preserved your words for posterity.
“Yeah, ‘You Know Who.’ At Reliant Stadium this week, we’re not allowed to speak his name. You better not be here to blast Bob McNair for taking him over the other guy. That’s so tiresome and, frankly, Joel, just out of style. Not that you were an out-of-style guy or anything.”
Call the quarterback — can I call him the quarterback this week? — anything you want, but the guy’s a leed-a. Where I’m from, everybody agrees the kid’s special because all he does is win. And if you don’t believe me, you should come to one of our tailgate parties. We’ve got Lombardi, Landry, Unitas, Van Brocklin, Graham, Gillman, and they all agree: The kid’s a winna.
I have to admit–this approach of having your imaginary friend make your arguments is novel, if not particularly entertaining. Do you really think it’s Vince Young delivering that team to victory? Because I think–and maybe I’m just an asshole–that it might have a little something to do with that Titan defense playing ridiculously well. Haynesworth and Bulluck deserve WAY more credit for the winning being done in Tennessee this year, just like Pacman Jones was far more instrumental in winning games than was Vince last year.
And, you know what, I don’t even think that Vince is an awful QB. Just an overrated QB, who happens to have landed with a team and a system that works for him AND with a defense that can make up for his frequent fumbles and INTs. He’s not all that different from a Rex Grossman, circa 2006. More consistent (who isn’t?) and more entertaining to watch, but a very similar situation. He might develop into the next Steve Young, but for now, he’s a QB with the ability to make the occasional big play and a good enough defense to rescue him when he doesn’t.
“Wow, Joel, that’s some tailgate party you guys have up there. What an honor that would be. But hopefully, it’ll be a couple of more decades before I can hang with you, assuming I’m headed in your direction, of course.
“Not to be disrespectful, because you know I always considered you the best. I seldom missed your weekly show on KTRH, and if you remember, I was the only writer you invited to visit you in your Brooklyn apartment. But I have to be honest: I’ve heard it all before. It’s like a broken record. Just e-mail my blog like everybody else. What’s done is done.”
You’ve heard it all before because you’ve said it all before, ad nauseum. God, I feel like I am beating my face against a brick wall.
Look, Mario Williams was the ultimate workout warrior, a combine freak, but what’s he done to prove he’s worth $28 mil guaranteed? Didn’t they draft him to get to Peyton Manning? Has he gotten close enough to see what num-ba Manning wears?
“But Joel, they’re only six games into their second season, and so much can happen.”
Exactly! But look at what has already happened–Mario has emerged as a good enough pass rusher to draw double-teams nearly all the time. Watch Amobi’s sacks. Three of the four came when Mario was not just being double-teamed, but was practically being gang-raped.
As for the Manning reference, Peyton has only been sacked three times all year…and one of those was courtesy of Amobi Okoye. Do you honestly think a rookie DT gets Manning if Mario is not being targeted by multiple blockers? If so, there is no convincing you that Mario was the right pick, regardless of facts. If not, then this whole “conversation” is somewhat hypocritical.
Yeah, but ‘You Know Who’ is up 2-0, right? Let me tell you something: If Mario wants to be known for something besides breaking the speed barri-a in North Carolina, Sunday would be the time to do it. Everybody will be watching. And I do mean everybody.
Again…if your only measure of Mario’s impact is his sack total, then this is a pointless debate. Opposing offensive coordinators already know that Mario can be dominant. That is why they game plan with a focus on slowing him down. Which is a huge reason why Manchild is looking dominant at times–he’s getting single blockers in the form of a guard or center (big mistake). And if your measure of whether Mario is successful hinges on the TEAM’S record against Tennessee, then I don’t even know where to start.
“Fine, Joel, but Kerry Collins might play. Haven’t you heard? The quarterback’s hurt, and he’s day-to-day.”
Oh, he’s going to play, all right. Trust me on this.
“Oh, yeah? Why should I trust you on this? You got inside information or something?”
Well, as a matter of fact, I do. The quarterback’s leg will be touched and healed this week. And I don’t mean by Lombardi or Landry.
Look, it doesn’t matter who plays QB for the Titans in this game. The only important thing is that we win. If we can win against Vince, I suppose that’s all the better for shutting up you and your ilk, but it’s still only important to someone with an ounce of sense because it’s a win and not because of Young.
[Insert noise of exasperation here.]
Reading back over this post, I realize that it is almost as pointless as your article. I mean, everyone gets it: You think they should have taken Vince Young, I think Mario was a good pick and I don’t think that Vince was ever really an option. Whatever.
Still, coming out with this article–especially in a format that let’s you say “see, I was defending Mario” should he do well on Sunday–during the week of the Titans game smacks of something unseemly. It looks like you are actively rooting for Mario to fail so that you can say “See! See! I told you!” for the next 15 years (assuming you live that long). But considering you defended the pick when it was made and that you profess to be a Texans fan, rooting against Mario now just makes you a crawfishing asshole.
